Passing election laws no guarantee to electoral success. Elections need genuine commitment and buy-in by all power centres: Bathily
Oct 17 Sami Zaptia

Passing election laws no guarantee to electoral success. Elections need genuine commitment and buy-in by all power centres: Bathily

Presenting his latest remarks on Libya to the UN Security Council yesterday, UNSMIL head and SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily said that the Derna disaster showe...

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Khaled Mishri re-elected as head of HSC for fifth term
Aug 2 Sami Zaptia

Khaled Mishri re-elected as head of HSC for fifth term

Khaled Mishri was re-elected yesterday as the head of the High State Council for the fifth consecutive two-year term.Mishri won in the second round wi...

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Jun 24 Sami Zaptia

HoR to hold session next Monday - government to appear before House on Tuesday

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: Tobruk HoR).London, 24 June 2021:The Official Spokesperson for the House of Representatives (HoR), Abdulla Belheeg, announced ye...

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Apr 29 Michel Cousins

Sunday as well as Monday a public holiday through Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 29 April 2017:In a rare demonstration of united action, both the Tripoli-based Presidency Council and the Beida-based int...

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PC must be in charge of oil and NOC, French PM says in talks with Serraj
Apr 7 Michel Cousins

PC must be in charge of oil and NOC, French PM says in talks with Serraj

By Michel Cousins.Tunis, 7 April 2017:French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has sided with the Presidency Council (PC) in its dispute with the Natio...

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NOC comes out fighting against PC's oil sector changes
Mar 27 Nigel Ash

NOC comes out fighting against PC's oil sector changes

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 27  March 2017:The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has come out fighting in a battle with the Presidency Council which...

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Jun 19 Michel Cousins

HoR President’s removal of Dialogue team advisors attacked

By Libya Herald staff.HoR President Ageela Salah Gwaider Tripoli, 19 June 2015:The decision by the president of the House of Representatives (HoR), Ag...

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Jan 6 Michel Cousins

Congress to interview ambassadors individually

Tripoli, 6 January, 2013:The Foreign Affairs committee of the General National Congress plans to interview all the ambassadors nominated by Prime Mini...

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National Congress members vote themselves same pay package as PM
Aug 31 George Grant

National Congress members vote themselves same pay package as PM

Tripoli, 31 August:Members of the National Congress been debating what level of remuneration they should receive and have voted overwhelmingly to awar...

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Aug 18 George Grant

Magarief forced to row back over claims that Libya will adopt Parliamentary model

By George Grant.The Congress speaker was accused of pre-empting the Constitution with his remarks that Libya could adopt a Parliamentary system of gov...

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